21+ hour, 18+ min ago   (163+ words) A wrong-way collision early Sunday morning on Interstate 75 in Sumter County sent three people to the hospital, including two travelers from Texas, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash took place around 4:30 a.m. near milepost 327, just south of State Road…...

21+ hour, 40+ min ago   (206+ words) Jacob Coxon (Meet The Press) Artificial intelligence researcher Jacob Coxon appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday to discuss his recent resignation from AI developer Anthropic, an exit that drew widespread public attention after his online announcement garnered over…...

21+ hour, 36+ min ago   (372+ words) A 42-year-old Lakeland woman faces aggravated child abuse charges after authorities said an autopsy revealed her 3-month-old son died from severe head trauma matching the shape of a ring she wore. Deputies with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were called…...

23+ hour, 37+ min ago   (457+ words) Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed defended his policy platform on Sunday, addressing Republican criticisms from the national convention, outlining his push for universal healthcare, and calling for strict regulations on artificial intelligence. Appearing from Ann Arbor on CBS’s “Face…...

23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (186+ words) A Florida man wanted on a child sex abuse charge was arrested Thursday evening in West Virginia following a multistate search, according to federal authorities. Alexander Kyle Nichols, 37, of Bradenton, Florida, was taken into custody at a hotel in Dunbar…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (351+ words) A South Florida vacation ended in a harrowing escape Sunday when a woman fled her Pompano Beach hotel room wrapped only in a T-shirt after being assaulted, choked, and held against her will by her boyfriend, according to Broward Sheriff’s…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (154+ words) U.S. Supreme Court (Unsplash) The brief order, issued without noted dissents, clears the state to use its 2022 districts rather than newly redrawn boundaries designed to help Republicans flip a Kansas City-area seat held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. The decision resolves…...

4+ day, 32+ min ago   (237+ words) A 34-year-old Texas man faces murder charges after authorities discovered his elderly mother’s body concealed inside a duffel bag during a welfare check at her home. Arman Malik has been charged with murder and tampering with a human corpse in…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (562+ words) Laurel wilt (Credit: Panorama Tree Service) HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – A deadly tree disease that has swept across Florida is threatening residential yards throughout the Tampa Bay area, putting backyard avocado trees, camphor shade trees, and native bays at risk, according…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (187+ words) POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A 29-year-old Mulberry man wanted on an active felony warrant was taken into custody Tuesday at a Lakeland convenience store after a detective spotted him riding a motorcycle without a mask. The encounter began Tuesday when a…...